Unit 2: Types Of businesses Pg 6-22 Flashcards
Identify the core business sectors.
Primary industry (Primary Sector)
Extractive.
Primary industries (Primary Sector) - oil drilling, diamond mining, fishing, farming/agriculture, coal mining, quarrying, lumbering, logging, rubber plantation, ore mining, vineyard,
Identify the core business sectors.
Secondary Industry (Secondary Sector)
Manufacturing/Construction
Industries that make, build, assemble products.
Secondary Industry (Secondary Sector) - furniture making, computer manufacturing, petrol-refining/refinery, tyre-making, books, oil rigs, car manufacturing, chocolate making. Producing fresh ice cream, butter, yogurt.
Identify the core business sectors.
Tertiary Industry (Tertiary Sector/Service Sector)
Services.
Tertiary Industry (Tertiary Sector/Service Sector) - banking and insurance, transportation, communication, wholesaling and retailing, hospitality, professional and business services; consultancy, hairdressing, cloth retailing and insurance services, school, hydroponics farm, garment factory. Hotel, spa, audit company, tax consultancy company, tuition center.
Explain the features of the three core business sectors.
Primary Industry.
Primary Industry - refers to firms/industries involved in the extraction of natural resources, have little choice in their location.
Explain the features of the three core business sectors.
Secondary Industry
Secondary Industry - Refers to firms/industries involved in the conversion of raw materials obtained from the primary industries into manufactures components or finished goods.
Explain the features of the three core business sectors.
Tertiary Industry
Tertiary Industry - refers to firms involved in the provision of supporting services to any industry or to the final consumer.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Holding Company - #A holding company is formed for the sole purpose of acquiring a controlling ownership in two or more competing corporations within an industry. #The holding company has voting rights and management control in these acquired companies.
Acquired companies refers to subsidiary.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Subsidiary company - # A subsidiary company is one that effectively controlled through either partial or complete ownership of its voting stock of another company. #The controlling entity is called its holding company.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Associate company - #Business relationship between two companies. #One company owns substantial interest, but less than a majority of the voting stock (between 20%-50%) of another company. #Two companies related because they are both subsidiaries of a holding company; they are associates.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Franchises - #Franchising refers to the methods of practicing and using another persons's philosophy of business. #The franchisor grants the independent operator the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks for a percentage of gross monthly sales and royalty fee. ##Various tangibles and intangibles such as national or international advertising, training, and other supporting services are commonly made available by the franchisor.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Management buy-outs - # A management buyout is a form of acquisition where a company's existing managers acquire a large part or all of the company. # The managers and/or executives of a company purchase controlling interest in a company from existing shareholders.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Management buy-outs pt2 -
# Management will buy out all the outstanding shareholders and then take the company private “because it feels it has the expertise to grow the business better if it controls the ownership.”
@Quite often, management will team up with a venture capitalist to acquire the business because it is a complicated process that requires significant capital.
Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Takeovers and mergers - {Mergers}
# A merger involves the mutual decision of two companies to combine and become one entity; it can be seen as a decision made by two "equals".
@The combined business, through structural and operational advantages secured by the merger, can cut costs and increase profits, boosting shareholder values for both groups of shareholders.Explain terms related to large businesses.
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Takeovers and mergers -
# A takeover or acquisition is characterized by the purchase of a smaller company by a much larger one.
@This combination of “unequals” can produce the same benefits as a merger, but it does not necessarily have to be a mutual decision.
@A larger company can initiate a hostile takeover of a smaller firm, it amounts to buying the company in the face resistance from the smaller company’s management.
Explain features of small and large businesses.
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Owner managed - # Normally managed and controlled by the owner himself. # Relationship between owner and the employee is closer and less formal than in a large organisation.
